Particulars
- See This Boat's Main Listing on the Web
- Length:
- 40 ft
- Type:
- Sail
- Hull Material:
- Fiberglass
- Designer:
- C. William Lapworth
- Builder:
- Jensen Marine
- Year Built:
- 1968
- Power:
- 50 hp Yanmar 4JH2E Diesel
- Asking Price:
- $87,000
- Name:
- TOWHEE
- Location:
- Thomaston, ME, US
Off Center Harbor's Remarks
Bill Lapworth design was the hot boat of the mid-60s featuring light displacement, fin keel and spade rudder. Googleable Practical Sailor review gives you the story.
Description from Boat's Main Listing
Nearly 18,000 boats were built under the Cal brand name. There were many different models, but perhaps the most famous is the Cal 40. The first of the ultra-light, production ocean racers, the Cal 40 was inspired by ocean racing legend, George Griffith, of the Los Angeles Yacht Club, and was purportedly first sketched by him in 1962 on the back of a cocktail napkin. Following Griffith’s inspiration, the Cal 40 was designed by the prolific and ground-breaking naval architect, C. William “Bill” Lapworth and was lofted by Willis Boyd. A major undertaking for its time and radically different from other production racing sailboats with its fin keel separated from a spade rudder mounted well aft, the Cal 40 continues to rack up an impressive string of ocean racing victories more than four decades after its initial launch, winning major competitions such as the Newport-Bermuda Race as recently as 2008. Among other ocean racing classics, Cal 40s still compete as a class in the Transpac from Los Angeles to Honolulu and in 2005 recorded 14 entries, more than any other production sailboat at any time in the century-long history of this, America’s longest-running ocean yacht race.